Get Your Home Ready to Sell...Fast! Showing Dos and Don'ts.

From the Cary Home Page

This is the final installment in the series of posts about how to give your home the competitive edge when you are ready to sell.

So get going!

1. Getting Geared Up

2. Do the Easy Stuff First
3. Sharpen up Your Home's Curb Appeal
4. Home Staging Basics
5. Home Showing Do's and Don'ts

It's been a long time since it was harder to sell a home!

In fact you will be competing with a slew of other home sellers in the same boat. You'd better pay attention to EVERY detail that will give your home the competitive edge you absolutely need in this market.

One of the very best ways to compete is to make your home "drop-dead" gorgeous and ready to move into without the buyers having to "lift a finger" to make it move-in ready.

Knowing how to show your home can also give you the edge over your competition while your home is on the market.

SHOWING DO’S:

- Clean the home from top to bottom

- Mow your lawn

- Send pets to the neighbors

- Keep things organized and clutter free


SHOWING DON’TS:

- Leave valuables out and on display

- Leave pictures or personal effects out

- Clutter the closets (you can count on buyers to open them)

- Allow pet's fur or smell to permeate the house and turn off buyers (always vacuum up fur and neutralize any pet odors)

- Don't let just anyone into your home (it can be dangerous and non-productive)

Take a look at http://www.realtor.com/ to find the "Home Sellers Guide to Success" under the “Advice and Ideas” section.


Kwik Kwote: "Much of the work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done."  --Dale Carnegie

Know Your Real Estate: "ANCHOR TENANT"...the main tenant in a shopping center, e.g. Wal-Mart.

To search for homes in the Cary-Apex-Holly Springs, NC area, take a look at Triangle Estates Realty. Or, email me at Tim@TimHaag.com. Or, for a no pressure chat, call me at 919-389-7135